French frigate Sirène (1823)

For other ships with the same name, see French ship Sirène.

Sirène (or Syrène) was launched in 1823 as a Vestale-class frigate, which owed their design to Pail Filhon. In 1825 she was under the command of capitaine de vaisseau (later contre-amiral) Marie Henri Daniel Gauthier, comte de Rigny (Henri de Rigny), who commanded the French Navy's Levant Division.^[2] Sirène was Admiral Henri de Rigny's flagship at the Battle of Navarino, where he commanded the French division.

La Sirène at the Battle of Navarino, 20 Oct 1827, drawn by George Philip Reinagle on HMS Mosquito
History
France
Name	Sirène
Builder	Garnier Saint-Maurice and Pestel, Toulon Dockyard
Laid down	July 1820
Launched	25 July 1823
Commissioned	3 December 1824
Stricken	20 July 1861
Fate	Broken up 1871
General characteristics
Displacement	2,300 tonne
Length	51.95m
Beam	13.16m
Complement	441
Armament	1823:[1] (1824) Gundeck:28 × 24-pounder long guns Spardeck:22 × 24-pounder carronades 1836:[1] Gundeck:26 × 24-pounder long gun + 2 × 22cm-Paixhans guns Spardeck:20 × 24-pounder carronades + 4 × 16cm-Paixhans guns

In 1831 she was involved in the events prior to the Battle of the Tagus, but does not appear to have participated in the battle itself.

She probably served as a 2-gun transport during the Crimean War. She was struck in 1861. She then served as a coal hulk at Brest until she was broken up in 1871.^[3]